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Saturday, June 22, 2013

I took three thrift store treasures and applied the same EASY paint treatment to all of them. It has a great look to it, looks like aged brown leather to me. I loved the results and wanted to share them with you. I will tell you how to do it after the pictures below.

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After cleaning the pieces, I sprayed them with Rustoleum brown spray paint. After that dried, I took some black craft acrylic paint and water it down so it was very thin. I painted it on and then wiped it off so it mainly stayed in the grooves and crevices. Easy huh? The craft paint has a very flat finish and my spray paint was a semi gloss so it was easy to wipe off. It would be harder to wipe off on a flat paint, just like glazing. You could use glaze, but craft paint is way cheaper. I sprayed a finish cleat coat on them to even out the finish.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

I see these old forks and spoons all the time when I am out thrifting and I remember a big set of them in my grandmother's house! Here are two ideas for ways you can update them. First I found a smaller set and mounted them on burlap inside a thrift store frame. I left them in their original finish and attached them to my burlap covered foam core with gorilla glue, you gotta love gorilla glue!

I found another larger set, believe or not, I did not find them in the same store on the same day! These were quite gunky from years of kitchen grease, so I scrubbed away and knew I would do a distressed finish in case the paint didn't adhere well in places. I love the color!

I'm fresh out of big forks and spoons but since both of these sold, I would pick up another set if I saw them cheap!Linking up to:

Proud Thrift Store Junkie Here

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Repurposing is part of who I am! I love redoing things and the hunt for all things interesting and cheap! I've confused everyone by changing my blog and business name from Pretty Purple Treasures, sorry about that!

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